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men whose sympathies in the field of natural history are not 

 restricted or confined to a single branch, but who have an 

 interest in the entire range of plant and animal life and who, for 

 this reason, are able to see correlations in a much broader way 

 than the person whose visjon is limited to and focused upon a 

 comparatively small group. 



I ought to testify to the earnestness of the students who 

 participate in these excursions, and also to tht; courtesy of the 

 instructing staflf. I observed no suggestion of exclusiveness, 

 nothing but generous cordiality. The memory is very pleasiait. 



THE FLETCHER MEMORIAL FUND. 



At the meeting of the Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club held 

 in the Assembly Hall of the Normal School on November 9;ii, 

 the Fletcher Memorial Committee reported that they had n t :. 

 with a warm response from members of the Club and friends < f 

 the late Dr. Fletcher, when the matter of the proposed memoi'al 

 had been brought before them. Already between $1,400 and 

 $1,500 had been subscribed but the Committee required about 

 $1,800 for the project in view and asked that those who had 

 not yet subscribed to the fund, but who intended to do so, 

 would immediately communicate with the Treasurer (Mr. Arthur 

 Gibson) or other member of the Committee. There had not 

 been, nor would there be, any personal canvass; it was the 

 desire of the Club that spontaneity should characterize every 

 donation to the fund 



The Committee reported that by far the larger number of 

 subscribers had favored the suggestion put forward at tl.e 

 meeting of the Club in December last, that the memorial shou'd 

 take the form of a fountain erected on the grounds of ^ the Ex- 

 perimental Farm, Ottawa* the scene of Dr. Fletcher's labcrs 

 during the last twentv vears of his life and where he had done 

 so much, officiallv and unofficiallv, in assisting the farmer and 

 fruit grower in their efforts to resist the attack of insect ard 

 fungous enemies, and in encouraging _ the study of Natural 

 History throughout the Dominion. 



At the conclusion of the report it was moved by Mr. Frank 

 T. Shutt and seconded bv Dr. William Saunders, and unani- 

 mously carried, "that the tribute about to be made to tl e 

 memory of the late Dr. Fletcher, take the form of a drmkmg 

 fountain consisting of a granite shaft with bronze medallion.) 

 inscription, etc., to be erected at the Experimental Farnv 

 Ottawa, and that the Committee are hereby empowered to make 

 all necessarv arrangements for carrving out the work. 



^ F. T. S. 



